Lots of better images of the Venus occultation, but here's my capture of the disappearance. I like the way it flickers slightly because the surface of the Moon isn't completely smooth.

When cultures collide - Randall Munroe and Natalie Haynes
xkcd.com/2837/

Not been able to be at #bluedotfestival this year, but here's the FB reminder from 2016

A rather splendid view of #jodrellbank as we left following yesterday's brilliant Lovell Lecture from Anne-Marie Broomhall .
So many thoughts about sound waves in the Sun.

Had a great evening at Z-Arts in Manchester with @robinince and (the infinitely patient) Carl.
Hope you like the photo

and...

To clarify once again: Restore Trust is NOT part of the National Trust. Restore Trust is the trading name for RT2021Ltd, a private company. This is really important. Please challenge this claim when you see it in their corporate communications. Please RT.

Looks like a great book.

Wow! Just caught up with Joe Lycett on #RHLSTP with Richard K Herring. One of the greats. Very glad we subscribed for the stream. Words aren't enough.

'line!'

Looking forward to next week's show tomorrow.

Hi Natalie Haynes, next year, the World Museum in Liverpool are having an exhibition: Return of the Gods: Zeus, Athena, Hercules.
I guess that if you offered to do a guest talk they'd be delighted. As would many of us.
National Museums Liverpool
liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ReturnoftheGods

Looking forward to seeing Ralph Mctell this evening in Runcorn. Will be the 6th decade in which I've seen him live, from the 70's to the '20s.
Hope we can get a single from 1974 signed.

Hi @robinince, apologies if you've been inundated with copies of this, but for some reason I thought of you..,

Would love to have you come to one of our Mid Cheshire Astro Group meetings to talk to us about the book

Suggestion to Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail ...
Why not monitor Twitter for messages aimed at ArrivaTW , and then you can reply to your users if it would be helpful.
There's rarely more than 2 or 3 a day, so not too onerous. Diolch!

My hypothesis:
The places where primordial stars predominate are either:
where there are the highest number of primordial stars (at the core)
Or
where there are fewer stars from later generations (at the outer arms)

Shame they have to be recycled, couldn't they be retrained?

Oh dear The Guardian - it's a shame you couldn't organise getting the club logo for Boreham Wood FC onto your system for tonight's match.
They deserve the respect of making sure it was there.

Hi ESA Operations , is there any suggestion that #JWST will be visible on the night of 24/25th December as it moves towards L2?
I assume it'll be somewhere close to the ecliptic travelling towards the Aries / Taurus / Gemini -ish area.